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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | I run a 21'er and don't have too much of a problem. You should be fine on all but the worst days on Cass and on those days you probably don't be comfortable in any boat short of 25'. I wouldn't want to go less then 21' as length is often times the reason you get a good ride moreso then the height of the sides.
On thing about the Triton's of that era is that many were prone to stress cracks. Go over this one with a fine toothed comb. I know they fixed that sometime in the not too distant past, but give it a good once over anyway.
This is a fast boat that takes some skill to get the most out of. I don't know if you've had seat time in a bass boat before, but it's not like driving a dummy boat (aluminum or glass walleye rigs). You can't just put the hammer down and go. You have to learn to drive it and pay attention to what you're doing. That being said the payback is the ability to do mid 70's in that rig.
Do yourself a favor and have the motor plugged into a computer at a dealer. That'll tell how the engine was driven. I'd also get a mfg date on it as well. The big block opti's had a lot of problems in the 2000-01 model years. If the engine's got a fair amount of hours on it you're probably all right as the bad ones blew quick. In fact the 99 didn't meet the 06 standard if I remember right (probably why they worked).
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